D&D General What the Melf's Guide to Greyhawk Cover Might Look Like

Below is a quick mockup of the potential cover of Melf's Guide to Greyhawk based on the Jeff Easley art revealed at Gary Con, using the current D&D 5.5E trade dress. The fonts aren't quite right, but it gives an approximate look at what the book may look like when it is released.

 

[Infernal Teddy]

Honestly if that is the only cover option, it would give me a reason not to purchase.

Same

 

[Jahydin]

I wouldn't get too excited before we get a lot more details. This is still WotC producing it for 5.5E. They aren't going to suddenly throw the car in reverse when they've been flying down the highway in one direction at 70 mph.

Agree, but staying optimistic. After completely restructuring the design team, now is as good of a time as ever to mend the grog bridge they lit on fire. Apologizing to the Gygax family for mistreatment is a good first step.

The next logical good step is to give us our own little spot in the park to play along with the material that appeals to the 5.5e fans. No need to throw the car in reverse, just have another lane for us who got off the bus. It doesn't even have to be new rules; just give us the same ones repackaged in a book with a classic atheistic.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

It doesn't even have to be new rules; just give us the same ones repackaged in a book with a classic atheistic.

I cannot see how commissioning a bunch of new art, laying out the books all over again (and do they include errata or not?) and then printing them could make financial sense for WotC, given the margins they want to hit.

This is an extremely niche product with a limited print run that you're asking for a lot of resources to be created for. Would you pay $75 or more for each of the 2024 core books, if they looked more like AD&D books? I can't imagine there's really that much of an audience out there for something like that, especially in this economy.

 

[jdrakeh]

I'm excited about Greyhawk. I am not excited about that cover (the font is fine, the art seems mid).